Vanilla Queen

Album: Moontan (1973)
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  • Fascinating lady, snowflake in the sun
    You make me feel so bourgeois
    Oh, you've captured everyone
    I hear you've been a dancer
    At some famous Paris show
    And million dollar lovers
    Neatly saw you to your door

    Nineteen fifty seven,
    Sweetheart of the year
    Secret of your beauty,
    Was your moon-tan and your fear
    And now you run this city
    You're still honey to the flies
    Attract the in-crowd dandies
    Faraway-look in their eyes

    You're the bright, nocturnal Vanilla Queen
    Your mask is sterile dignity
    Tell me why, nocturnal Vanilla Queen
    You haunt me, even in my dreams
    It couldn't be avoided
    We were bound to meet
    I knew you would drag me down
    And toss me off my feet
    Sweet moments of desire
    Sweet moments of relief
    You blew down my fences
    You're natural make-believe

    You're the bright, nocturnal Vanilla Queen
    Your mask is sterile dignity
    Tell me why, nocturnal Vanilla Queen
    You haunt me, even in my dreams Writer/s: BARRY HAY, GEORGE KOOYMANS
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Comments: 5

  • Dr Chiz from AmericaI saw these guys pretty much by accident. A good friend was huge Ted Nugent fan and GE was on the same bill. I was blown away only having heard Radar Love previously and had no idea how frickin' good they were. Vanilla Queen was absolutely hypnotic awesome performance.
  • Craig77 from Regina, CanadaRadar Love is NOT even close to being the weakest cut on their Moontan album. It's one of the greatest songs of the 70's with perfect rhythm, drums and lyrics. A fantastic song that makes you tap your feet and sing along.
  • Dan F from Jacksonville FlI am pleased to come across the comment about Radar Love arguably being the weakest cut on the album because I had always known that. The other four cuts are so fantastic that it makes Radar Love look "weak" but let's not get it wrong, Radar Love still kicks ass! I have this album as one of my five all-time best albums.
  • Tony Z from San DiegoSuch a great jam by an underrated band. These guys deserved way more success statewide then they got. It was our loss
  • Royal Mayne Hopper Iii from Las Vegas NvI have always liked this song a lot. It always seemed like the theme song for a Gothic show about vampires or witches .. I always picture the movie or video of a long drive through the city to a meeting with the star of a Gothic movie with a twist at the end that she is a real vampire or witch that was there to mediate a peace treaty between the two group. Frustrated writer you know
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